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Minutes:
Matter for
Decision
The Officer’s report
recommended extending the scope of the council’s Anti-Poverty Responsive Budget
to include projects delivered by community groups as well as those delivered or
managed by council services. This would represent a change from the criteria
agreed when the fund was proposed in a committee report in June 2018.
Decision
of Executive Councillor for Communities
Agreed that the
council’s Anti-Poverty Responsive Budget can be used for community-led as well
as council-led projects that help deliver the objectives of the Anti-Poverty
Strategy.
Reason for the Decision
As set out in the Officer’s report.
Any Alternative Options Considered and Rejected
Not applicable.
Scrutiny
Considerations
The Committee received a report from the Head of Corporate Strategy.
The Head of Corporate Strategy said the following in response to
Members’ questions:
i.
The budget process set
out if funding was allocated to support projects or not. The Officer’s report
set out how it would be used if so.
ii.
The funding, if
allocated through the Budget-Setting Report would effectively be held in
reserve in case it were needed.
The Committee unanimously resolved to endorse the recommendations.
The Executive Councillor
approved the recommendations.
Conflicts of Interest Declared by the Executive Councillor (and any
Dispensations Granted)
No conflicts of interest
were declared by the Executive Councillor.